## Before you start

- You need an Anthropic account at [platform.claude.com](https://platform.claude.com/).
- Your Claude subscription and your Anthropic API billing are not always the same thing, so make sure API access is enabled on your Anthropic account.
- Treat the key like a password. Anthropic will only show the full value when you create it.

If this key should be shared across a team, add Anthropic once in OpenWork Cloud `LLM Providers` and import it from [Settings -> Cloud](https://openworklabs.com/docs/cloud/share-with-your-team/managed-llm-provider) instead of pasting it into each workspace separately.

## Create the key in Anthropic

1. Sign in at [platform.claude.com](https://platform.claude.com/).
2. Open the `API Keys` page.
   
   
3. Click `Create Key`.
4. Give the key a recognizable name like `OpenWork`.
   
   
5. Copy the new key right away. It should look like `sk-ant-...`.

## Add the key to OpenWork

1. Open `Settings` in OpenWork.
2. Go to `Connect Provider` and choose `Anthropic`.
3. Paste the API key into the manual key field.
4. Save the provider, then choose an Anthropic model in chat.

## Common issues

- If the key is rejected, make sure you copied the full value without extra spaces.
- If you cannot see `API Keys`, check that your Anthropic account has API access and billing set up.
- If you lose the key, create a new one in Anthropic and update OpenWork with the new value.

The same general process applies to most providers that use manual API keys: create the key in the provider’s developer console, copy it once, and paste it into OpenWork.